What The Denmark | Danish Culture for Expats, Internationals and Danes Podcast
1) Danish Weddings: what to expect when tying the knot (or not) in Denmark
If you’ve listened to our episode on Dating Danes and have been really applying yourself, you might be starting to think about Danish weddings… Both Sam and Josefine have (separately!) had Danish we...Show More
2) Newcomers’ Survival Guide: everything you need to know ahead of visiting Denmark for the first time
In this last episode of the current season we give you everything you need to know ahead of coming to Denmark for the first time. Sam and Josefine are joined in the studio with two excellent guests s...Show More
3) Dating Danes: learning the (missing?) language of love in Denmark
For a culture that is normally so practical and matter-of-fact (see Separate Duvets), Danes seem to find it surprisingly difficult to talk about relationships. Compared with other cultures, it’s rare...Show More
4) Green Transition: how Denmark became a low-carbon, sustainable society
In the 1970s, Denmark was like most other Western countries when it came to generating energy: the majority came from high-polluting, non-renewable resources. When oil crises hit after OPEC switched...Show More
5) Little land: how Denmark's history defines the nation today
It seems that one of the defining characteristics of being Danish is to feel you are a member of a small nation. During the Viking and Middle Age periods, Denmark was a relative superpower, with terr...Show More
6) Forest kindergartens: why Danish parents send their children to learn in nature
In the 1950s, a Danish woman, Ella Flatau, began taking her kids on walks in the forest to teach them about the world. Soon, other parents asked if their kids could join, and before long, they formal...Show More
Forest kindergartens: why Danish parents send their children to learn in nature
37:48 | Nov 9th, 2022
7) "Denmark is such a 'low anxiety' place to live"
In this episode Sam is speaking to Anne Jamison and John Bennett, a couple from the USA who moved to Denmark from Dubai last year. Anne and John share their thoughts on: Work/life balance in Denmark...Show More
8) Affordable housing: Denmark's cooperative (andelsboliger) approach
Around the world house prices are rising far higher than incomes meaning "ordinary people" are unable to afford to own a place to live. In Denmark, andelsboliger ("co-operative housing") offers a sol...Show More
9) Social conformity: why Janteloven is essential for understanding Danish society, with Michael Booth
We're back with Season 3! In this episode we tackle Janteloven or "The Law of Jante". In 1933, a Danish-Norwegian author called Axel Sandemose wrote a book describing a fictional town in rural Denma...Show More
10) Winter bathing: is cold water the secret to Danish happiness?
When temperatures drop, the last thing on most people's minds is to go outside, strip off and take a plunge into near freezing water. That is, however, what a large percentage of the Danish populatio...Show More